Oral Literature of Iranian Languages: Kurdish, Pashto, Balochi, Ossetic, Persian and Tajik: Companion Volume II

Philip G. Kreyenbroek is Professor of Iranian Studies at Georg-August University, Gottingen, Germany, and Director of the 'Seminar on Iranian Studies'. Ulrich Marzolph is Professor of Islamic Studies at Georg-August University, Gottingen, Germany, and a senior member of the editorial committee of the 'Encyclopaedia of Fairy Tales'. Ehsan Yarshater is the Director of the Center for Iranian Studies and Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies, Columbia University and the Founding Editor of the Encyclopaedia Iranica.

• ForewordTable of ContentsIntroduction PrefaceChapter 1:Written Kurdish LiteratureJoyce BlauChapter 2: Kurdish Oral Literature Christine AllisonChapter 3: Orality and Religion in Kurdistan: The Yezidi and Ahl-e Haqq TraditionsPhilip G. KreyenbroekChapter 4: Pashto Literature: The Classical Period Sergei AndreyevChapter 5: Modern Pashto Written LiteratureLeonard N. BartlottiChapter 6: Pashto Oral and Popular LiteratureWilma Heston Chapter 7: Balochi Literature Josef ElfenbeinChapter 8: Ossetic Literature Fridrik ThordarsonChapter 9:Persian Popular Literature Ulrich MarzolphChapter 10:Naqqâli: Professional Iranian Storytelling Kumiko YamamotoChapter 11: Kâshefi's Rowzat Al-Shohadâ': The Karbala Narrative as Underpinning of Popular Religious Culture and LiteraturePeter ChelkowskiChapter 12: The Popular Literature of the TajiksRavshan Rahmoni Chapter 13: Oral and Popular Literature in Dari Persian of AfghanistanMargaret A. MillsBibliographiesIndex